Katie Ledecky is having a good time in her first aggressive occasion of the season on the FINA Swimming World Cup. The star American swimmer set a world file within the 1,500-meter freestyle on Saturday evening on the Toronto Pan Am Sports activities Centre.
“I knew that file was inside attain simply primarily based on some issues I’ve carried out in coaching, particularly my distance stuff (because it) has felt actually good this fall,” Ledecky mentioned. “So I felt locked into the tempo.”
The ten-time Olympic medalist — who does not compete in short-course occasions fairly often — completed in 1508.24, taking almost 10 seconds off the earlier file set by Germany’s Sarah Wellbrock (15:18.01) in 2019.
